Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

A new Ford Motor Company-sponsored poll of 6,000 people across Europe found that most Europeans remain committed to car ownership, but have growing concerns about traffic congestion, the cost of driving and the environment. 53% say climate change is the world’s biggest problem. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 19, 2018

The ICCT projects that a decline in diesel shares down to 15% in 2025 would not interfere with meeting EU CO 2 standards and would actually decrease costs of meeting CO 2 standards.17. On top of the higher energy density of diesel fuel, diesel engines historically possessed a number of efficiency advantages over gasoline engines.

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Diesel CO2 Standards Emissions 186

Green Car Congress

APRIL 11, 2012

and the remainder (30 to 40%) from burning fossil fuels, such as coal, to heat the kiln reactors to ~900°C.Here we show a new thermal chemistry, based on anomalies in oxide solubilites, to generate CaO, without CO2 emission, in a high throughput, cost effective, environment conducive to the formation of cement. —Licht et al.

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Solar Emissions CO2 Carbon 285

Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2014

ton/day scale and demonstrated that it can lower the cost of CO 2 capture to well below that associated with current carbon capture technology on the basis of cost per tonne captured. However, the cost of conventional CCS technologies is prohibitive to broad commercial deployment. CO 2 Solutions’ process. Click to enlarge.

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Oil-Sands Oil Carbon CO2 240

Green Car Congress

APRIL 24, 2018

Looking only at the cost of capturing the CO 2 —not including building pipelines or sequestering the captured CO 2 —the team found that 60% of current CO 2 emissions (i.e., The role for CO 2 removal envisioned in stringent climate change mitigation scenarios cannot be overstated. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2017

Stuart Licht ( earlier post ) have developed a new process that transforms CO 2 into a controlled selection of nanotubes (CNTs) via molten electrolysis; they call the process C2CNT (CO2 into carbon nanotubes). This synthesis consumes only CO 2 and electricity, and is constrained only by the cost of electricity. —Licht (2017).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

The engineering design study, funded by California Air Resources Board (ARB), PG&E, SoCalGas, Northwest Natural and SMUD, was conducted to better understand the value, benefits, and cost of utilizing wood wastes to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

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Waste Carbon Gas Renewable 281

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

That means new jobs, cleaner water and air—and a working model for other states, and the nation, to use as we gear up to fight climate change and make our economy more competitive and resilient. allowance revenue to offset the Cap-and-Trade costs in small business electricity rates. reflect the cost of carbon.

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CO2 Climate Change 2013 Gas-Electric 244

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 8, 2011

Our planned demonstration is the first attempt at proving that we can simultaneously mitigate greenhouse gas induced climate change and generate clean baseload power using geothermal energy. The technology could help offset the cost of geologic carbon storage. —Barry Freifeld, Berkeley Lab’s Earth Sciences Division.

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Energy CO2 Production Water 244

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 21, 2015

Licht estimates electrical energy costs of this “solar thermal electrochemical process” to be around $1,000 per ton of carbon nanofiber product, which means the cost of running the system is hundreds of times less than the value of product output. —Stuart Licht.

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Low Cost Carbon Li-ion Carbon Fiber 150

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 26, 2011

Air pollution from the 10,000 largest polluting facilities in Europe cost citizens between €102–169 billion (US$135–224 billion) in 2009, according to a new report from the European Environment Agency (EEA) which analyzed the costs of harm to health and the environment caused by air pollution. Log scale) Source: EEA.

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Pollution 2009 Europe Industrial 268

Green Car Congress

JULY 23, 2010

Dominant costs of the process are the electricity cost and the capital cost of the electrolyzer; this capital cost is significantly increased when operating intermittently (on renewable power sources such as solar and wind). Solid State Ionics In press. doi: 10.1016/j.ssi.2010.06.014. 2010.06.014.

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Fuel CO2 Production Conversion 255

Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2016

Our climate change solution is two fold: To transform the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide into valuable products and to provide greenhouse gas emission-free alternatives to today’s industrial and transportation fossil fuel processes. Most importantly, both carbon-nanotube batteries were exposed to about 2.5

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Li-ion Carbon Convert Sodium 150

Green Car Congress

MARCH 9, 2010

This report attributes the downward trend primarily to the decrease in demand for transportation fuels associated with the record high costs of these fuels that occurred in 2008. Tg CO 2 the year before—the largest annual change in either absolute or percentage terms recorded between 1990 and 2008. Tg CO 2 Eq). to 1,785.3 to 1,785.3

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2008 Emissions EPA Transportation 231

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 22, 2012

The goal of ERTOC was to develop a standards-based open-architecture data hub to enable freight users and operators to make more informed choices based on the efficiency and increased awareness of the true financial and environmental cost of transporting goods.

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CO2 Ireland Transportation Fleet 246

Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2012

the purchase price and costs of ownership for the first owner are still currently too high. Overall, consumers will save around €30 billion (US$37 billion) per year in fuel costs, according to the EC, which also estimates that the targets could increase EU GDP by €12 billion (US$14.7

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2020 Light CO2 Cars 268

Green Car Congress

MAY 22, 2010

They estimate payback of the Miscanthus carbon debt—the carbon emissions cost of displacing natural vegetation—in 30 years. The simulation produces spatially explicit, annual projections of Miscanthus yields from the present day to the year 2100 under an SRES A2 anthropogenic emissions scenario and includes the effects of climate change.

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Carbon CO2 Climate Change Climate 218

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2018

The ranges of the levelized cost of driving (LCD) and cost of avoided carbon are narrower for the future technology pathways, reflecting the expected economic competitiveness of these alternative vehicles and fuels. 350 g CO2 e/mi for ICEVs and ?250 transportation sector. automotive and energy industries. Click to enlarge.

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Industrial Industry Gasoline-Electric PHEV 223

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 3, 2015

EPA said that in addition to its projected climate benefits, the CPP will result in the avoidance each year of : 1,500 to 3,600 premature deaths. EPA thus estimates that the CPP will result in public health and climate benefits worth an estimated $34 billion to $54 billion per year in 2030, against implementation costs of $8.4

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 6, 2010

Rapid melting of the Arctic region could carry a minimum global cost of US$2.4 trillion by 2050, according to a new report, “An Initial Estimate of the Cost of Lost Climate Services Due to Changes in the Arctic Cryosphere”, released by the Pew Environment Group. By 2050, this number rises to a cumulative range of $2.4

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 23, 2010

trillion is spent annually on transport globally, mostly in ways that exacerbate rather than solve the problems associated with traffic growth, including congestion, health-harming air pollution, accidents, energy insecurity, and climate change. restructure pricing incentives so users Pay for the full costs of transport consumption.

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Sustainable Transportation Financing Transportation Global 231

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

“ One Agreement, Two Steps ” Expectations for Copenhagen quickly became complicated after Danish Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen boarded an overnight flight to Singapore to address an impromptu breakfast forum on climate change at the Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) summit on 15 November. by Jack Rosebro.

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Climate Climate Change 2009 Emissions 236

EV Central

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

After years of waiting Australia will have a CO2 emissions standard by January 1 2025 officially encouraging the purchase of electric vehicles if an ambitious Albanese Labor government timetable comes to pass. Aussie CO2 standard tough on Toyota, SUVs and utes appeared first on EV Central.

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CO2 Standards Toyota SUV 87

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

Among the findings of the report, “HFC-134a phase-out in the Chinese light-duty motor vehicle sector”, was that, considering the social cost of CO 2 e, up to 1 trillion RMB in costs (US$150 billion) required to address climate change could be avoided through 2050 by transitioning to low-GWP alternative MACs.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 7, 2010

However, the two conclude in their review, substantial advances in catalyst, electrolyte, and reactor design are needed to enable CO 2 utilization via electrochemical conversion a technology that can help address climate change and shift society to renewable energy sources.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 3, 2022

As climate change edges from crisis to emergency, the aviation sector looks set to miss its 2050 goal of net-zero emissions. Reticulated porous structure made of ceria used in the solar reactor to thermochemically split CO2 and H2O and produce syngas, a specific mixture of H2 and CO.

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Solar Fuel Water Carbon 102

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2019

The editorial addresses important issues in the current politically charged discussions of global warming and climate-change alarm. … Global warming potential (GWP) in CO2 equivalent tons by sector. Transportation contributes about 10%. Reitz et al.

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International Engine Exhaust Emissions 312

Cars That Think

AUGUST 19, 2023

US $5 PER KILOGRAM Cost of green hydrogen today. In the fight against climate change, many countries have pledged to reduce their CO2 emissions to net zero. The process emits about 10 tonnes of CO2 per tonne of hydrogen. The trick will be to keep the cost of these buffers to a minimum.

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Wind Hydrogen Grid Gas-Electric 94

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2010

In addition to helping to meet UK and EU climate change targets, we anticipate this research and development work will create significant market opportunities for UK-based companies. The small size, multi-fuel capability and potential low cost of the ULRE could also help speed adoption of electric vehicles.

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Carbon Li-ion Downsizing Gas 225

Creative Greenius

AUGUST 14, 2009

One of the groups I support and learn from is Environment California who have been great advocates of AB 811 and AB 920, the one-two punch for solar we absolutely need to drive solar sales at the rate demanded by today’s CO2 levels. It’s very common. It’s time to triple our clean energy use. Tell your legislators to act: [link].

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Sacramento Solar California Environment 191

Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2011

National Grid provided detailed technical and economic data for the research, including a potential generating mix scenario for the year 2020 that would enable the UK to meet its climate change targets based on, for example, a large shift towards renewable power provided in the main from wind farms.

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Grid Plug-in Plug Market 247

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

Important complementary policies include fuel economy labeling, fuel economy or CO2-adjusted vehicle tax systems (such as “feebates”), and fuel taxes. Lower costs are ultimately passed on to consumers and reduce the overall cost of achieving energy security and climate change goals. Policy package.

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Fuel Economy Fuel Transportation Engine 236

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

GtCO 2 e per year through changes in cropland and livestock management practices that reduce non-CO2 emissions and enhance soil carbon. The total emission reduction potential adds up to about 17 GtCO 2 e, plus/minus 3 GtCO 2 e, with marginal costs of up to $US50-100 per tonne of GtCO 2 e. Agriculture: 1.1 Waste: about 0.8

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2020 Emissions 2005 Carbon 210

Green Car Congress

MAY 19, 2010

Illustration of the representative US cumulative GHG emissions budget targets:170 and 200 Gt CO2-eq (for Kyoto gases). The report, Limiting the Magnitude of Future Climate Change is one of three released by the NRC, the operating arm of the National Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Engineering. Source: NRC.

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Climate Change Carbon Climate Emissions 199

Get Electric Vehicle

JUNE 7, 2023

Here are some of the key advantages of electric vehicles: Environmental Benefits: EVs produce zero tailpipe emissions, meaning they do not release pollutants like carbon dioxide (CO2), nitrogen oxides (NOx), particulate matter, and other harmful gases into the atmosphere. Energy Efficiency: EVs are more energy-efficient than ICE vehicles.

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Electric Vehicles Vehicles Electric Electrical 52

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2013

Globally, fossil fuels continue to meet a dominant share of global energy demand, with implications for the links between energy, the environment and climate change. As the source of two-thirds of global greenhouse-gas emissions, the energy sector will be pivotal in determining whether or not climate change goals are achieved. …

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Oil 2013 Energy Emissions 275

Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2009

The additional industry spend in 2030 on fuel efficiency measures ($230 billion) would be on top of annual cost reductions averaging 3.0 To put these figures in perspective, automakers and suppliers have historically reduced the overall cost of vehicles by about 2.5% through 2030 by the industry on this vehicle content.

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